[3] Whitmore Knaggs established a trading post here in 1820 to exchange goods for furs with the local Ojibwe.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 3,500 people, 1,191 households, and 993 families residing in the township.

There were 1,230 housing units at an average density of 34.7 per square mile (13.4/km2).

There were 1,191 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.2% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families.

13.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.